1950 This Means Everlasting Life - A2Z.org

64 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
from the dead, he lives forever and needs no successor,
but remains Permanent Heir . He calls
himself "the root of David" . This expression,
when taken to mean "the lineage of David", means
that because of Jesus the royal lineage of David
can never end. Or, taken to mean the life-giving
root of David, the expression means that Jesus
as Priest-King gives everlasting life to David by
means of his ransom sacrifice and the resurrection
of the dead.-Revelation 22 :16 ; 5 :5 .
8 David was of the tribe of Judah, and the making
of the Kingdom covenant with him harmonized
with the blessing pronounced by the dying
Jacob upon his son Judah : "The sceptre shall not
depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from
between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him
shall the obedience of the peoples be ." Genesis
49 :10, ASV The permanent heir of the Kingdom
covenant would be a "son" of David, yet he was
to be higher than his forefather David . He was
to be a heavenly king, sitting at God's own right
hand . David had been only a king on the earthly
Mount ion and after a reign of forty years he
had died like all descendants of the sinner Adam .
But the Permanent Heir of the Kingdom covenant
was to combine in himself the office of both king
and priest, as Melchizedek had done. He was to be
a king and priest for all time . For this reason
David was inspired to prophesy of this coming
Son as his Lord and Superior and to foretell
Jehovah's oath by which he was to be made priest
8 . What kind of king was he to be? How did David
prophesy this?